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NEW YORK (AP) — Wealth management services provider National Financial Partners Corp. said Monday that it will sell itself to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for about $1.01 billion.

Under the terms of the deal, National Financial Partners shareholders will receive $25.35 in cash for each of their shares. The price represents an 8 percent premium over the company's Friday closing stock price. In morning trading, NFP shares rose 6.9 percent to $25.02 on the news.

NFP said last month that its board formed a committee to consider a possible sale after receiving indications of interest from private equity firms. The committee negotiated the deal with Madison Dearborn and it was later unanimously approved by the company's board.

Based on NFP's 39.88 million outstanding shares, the deal is worth about $1.01 billion. The company said the deal has an equity value of about $1.3 billion, which includes the full value of its convertible debt.

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